News

Windfall of cash could hit state treasury from global warming program

IoES Affiliate & Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment Executive Director Cara Horowitz was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News article about the potential financial benefit to California from the state's cap-and-trade program.
Posted: 4/9/2012

"Beyond Green Jobs: Building Lasting Opportunities in Energy Efficiency."

The California Construction Academy - UCLA Labor Center (CCA) is proud to announce the release of their new book .
Posted: 4/6/2012

UCLA's Institute of Environment and Sustainability educates future leaders

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability will be the focus of a special five-part series on Mother Nature Network (MNN.COM)—the world’s most visited for-profit environmental website.
Posted: 4/4/2012

Ex-slaves and indigenous peoples in Brazil band together to earn rights to their land and help protect it.

Department of Urban Planning and IoES Professor Susanna Hecht co-authored an article in the April 2012 edition of National Geographic.
Posted: 3/23/2012

Donors give half-million dollars to UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at fundraising gala

IoES raised $500,000 at a star-studded kick-off event for its new fundraising drive, which is aimed at broadening and deepening the institute's already considerable impact.
Posted: 3/21/2012

Hollywood's Green A-List Raises $500K for UCLA Environmental Institute

The Hollywood Reporter featured an article about the Institute's fundraising gala on March 15: "An Evening of Environmental Excellence."
Posted: 3/20/2012

America's Young Minds: A Neglected Renewable Resource

The Huffington Post published an Op-Ed by film producer and Institute Advisory Board member Lawrence Bender.
Posted: 3/16/2012

Hiding in plain sight, a new frog species with a ‘weird’ croak is identified in New York City

Biologists, including IoES & Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Brad Shaffer, discovered a new species in Staten Island.
Posted: 3/14/2012

Green Chemistry: Innovations for an Environmental and Economic Prosperity by Dr. Paul Anastas

The Oppenheim Lecture will premiere on UCTV Monday, March 12 with additional viewings through March 18.
Posted: 3/8/2012

UCLA summit explores future of water in southern California, forges vision for local source development

UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation, the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, and the Water Technology Research Center hosted “The Future of Water in Southern California."
Posted: 3/8/2012

Center for Sustainable Urban Systems Quarterly Research Briefing

The Center for Sustainable Urban Systems creates actionable science to inform how cities develop and redevelop in the 21st century.
Posted: 3/7/2012

Proposed L.A. River bridge is supported by the ideals and wealth of a developer turned philanthropist

The Eastsider LA interviewed IoES Advisory Board member Morton La Kretz on his plans to fund a new Los Angeles River bridge.
Posted: 3/7/2012

Making a more bikeable UCLA

From “bike channels” in campus stairways to campaigns encouraging cars to share the road, departments across UCLA are teaming up to make a more bikeable university.
Posted: 2/29/2012

E3 Club sows seeds for schools

The Daily Bruin featured an article about the student group's initiative that educates kids about nutrition and sustainable food production through garden projects.
Posted: 2/21/2012

Climate change expert advises council members

Institute Director Glen MacDonald spoke to the Palisades Post about how climate change will impact that region of Southern California.
Posted: 2/16/2012

UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability receives grant for new research center

Adjunct Professor Stephanie Pincetl, director of the Institute's Center for Sustainable Urban Systems, spearheaded the project.
Posted: 2/14/2012

IoES students tackle urban wildlife projects

The Urban Wildlife Working Group newsletter featured an article about research conducted by Environmental Science students.
Posted: 2/13/2012

IoES project receives Energy Commission award

The $1.9 million award will be used to develop a new research center.
Posted: 2/8/2012

New beach water rules: Enough to make you sick

An LA Times op-ed by Institute Associate Director Mark Gold argued that the EPA has not done enough to ensure water quality and protect beach users.
Posted: 2/7/2012

Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems: Ecology, Evolution and Management

IoES and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Phil Rundel is the author of a new book published by Cambridge University Press.
Posted: 2/3/2012

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